To:THE NARROW C.P.C.

Published:First published in 1932 inLenin Miscellany XX.

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Ithink we should allowgreaterquantities to be
transported.[1]

Yourfear of speculation is excessive.

Willit be so bad if they exchange individually for grain?
The peasants will obtain footwear and clothing. What we
should fear ismassspeculation, and we cannot allow
speculation on aprofessional basis. But we should not hamper
but encourageimportationinto poverty-stricken Russia.

Pleasereview.

3/III.1921.

[1]Areference to a draft C.P.C. decree “On the Admission of
Russian Workers and Émigrés Returning from Abroad and of Their
Belongings”, which was prepared by the Narrow C.P.C. on March 2,
1921. It strictly limited the quantity of things—suits, footwear,
linen, etc.—which the workers arriving in Russia could bring with
them. Following Lenin’s remarks in this note, the Narrow C.P.C.
decided, on March 3, to delete the clause restricting the quantity
of personal belongings brought in.